Hair-waving device



arch 11, 1924. J.. MORENILLA HAIR WAVING DEVICE 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed Jan. 25

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Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

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HAIR-WA'VING DEVICE.

Application filed J'anuary' 25, 1923. Serial no. 614,863.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnrn MORENILLA, asubject of the King of Spain, and a resident of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedHair-Vaving Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in hair dressing implements, andhas particular reference to a device for producing a Marcel wave.

An object of the invention is to provide an imprpved means for waving astrand of hair in two directions by the cooperation of members, all ofwhich are controlled from a single source.

Another object is to. provide improved means for securing a strand ofhair in position between two cooperating members in such manner thatsaid strand may be effectively waved 'in two directions.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device showing theparts in their normal positions;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the parts in the position assumed at thetermination of the initial stage of operation;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device showing theparts in completely operated position;

Figure 4 is a;plan view of the device with the parts in the positionshown in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 55 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of a spring employed in connectionwith the invention; and

Figure 7 is a plan view of a strand of hair showing the same waved inaccordance with the present invention.

The device is shown as comprising a base member 10, the inner portion ofwhich is bifurcated to provide opposed plates 11, the free extremities12 of which are bent into overlapping relation and secured to the end ofa handle 13 by means of a screw or other fastener 14. Mounted betweenthe plates 11 is a clamping member 15, which is partially I supported bymeans of a pin 16 extending between the plates 11 of the member 10 andoperable in curved slots 17 formed in opposite sides of the inner end ofthe member 15. This inner end of the member 15 is provided with anarcuate slot 18, the outer end of which receives a pivot 19 carried bythe intermediate portion of an iron 20, the inner end of which ispivoted at 21 to a handle 22 which cooperates with the handle 13.

Whenthe parts are in normal position, as shown in Figure 1, the pivot 19also extends through the outer ends of arcuate slots 23 formed in theside plates 11 of the member 10 and the slots 18 and 23 are so disposedthat when the parts are moved to the position shown in Figure 2, thesame will register with each other. The pivot 19 is yieldinglymaintained in the outer extremities of the slots 18 and 23 by aresilient member 24 which is bent upon itself, as shown in Figure 6, theintermediate portion of said member being secured to the handle 13 bymeans of the screw 14 and the extremities of said member being engagedwith the pivot 19 to normally exert an outward pressure thereagainst.The handle 22 has a bent plate 25 secured thereto, said plate includingan extension 26 in which the pivot 21 is mounted and also including thecurved arms 27 which extend exteriorly on both sides of the plates 11.The outer extremities of the arms 27 are connected by a pivot 28 whichnormally engages in the outer ends of arcuate slots 29 formed in theplates 11.

By reason of this construction, it will be seen that when the handles'13and 22 are initially compressed or moved toward each other the member 10will swing about the pivot 19 and although said member will have atendenc to move outwardly in swinging about sai pivot, by reason of theslots 23, the same will be prevented from doing so by the resiliency ofthe spring 24. In thus moving about the pivot 19 the pin 16 will becaused to move to the opposite ends of the short slots 17 formed in themember 15 and at the same time the pivot 28 will move longitudinally ofthe slots 29 toward the inner ends thereof. This relative movement ofthe members 10 and 15 continues about the pivot 19 until the pivot 28reaches the inner ends of the slots 29, at which time the slots 18 and23 will be in registration, or substantially so.

When the parts have reached the position shown in Figure 2, furthermovement of the handles 13 and 22 toward each other will be about thepivot 28 inasmuch as the same has now reached the inner ends of theslots 29 and the slots 18 and 23 are in registration. It will be obviousthat movement of the handles toward each other subsequent to the partsreaching the position shown in Figure 2 and with the pivot 28 in theposition shown in said figure, the spring 24: will be unable to furtheryieldingly maintain the pivot 19 in the outer extremities of the slots18 and 23. This pivot 19 being carried by the iron 20, the inner end ofwhich is pivotall connected at 21 to the handle 22, it will e apparentthat as the latter handle is moved toward the position shown in Figure3, an inward pull upon the iron 20 will be eli'ected and the pivot 19will move inwardly in the slots 18 and 23 against the tension of thespring 24- to the position shown in Figure 3, where the parts areillustrated as being completely operated. The configuration of thespring 2% is such that when the handles 13 and 22 are released saidspring will ;react to restore the parts to their normal positions.

The outer portion of the base member 10 is preferably of trough-likeformation in cross section, as best illustrated in Figure 5, the centralportion of said member 10 being curved longitudinally to provide arecess for receiving a part of the strand of hair and the longitudinaledges of said member 10 being bent upon themselves to provide flanges 30which are spaced from the side walls of the central portion. Also alongeach longitudinal edge of the central portion of the member 10 the sameis provided with a plurality of openings 31 for receiving theprojections or teeth 32 of the clamping member 15 when said member is inthe position shown in Figure 3. The clamping member 15 at its outer endis enlarged, as clearly shown in Figure 4, and provided with anelongated opening 33 upon the longitudinal edges of which saidprojections or teeth 32 are formed. As the base and clamping members 10and 15 and the iron 20 are brought into cooperating relation the strandof hair is engaged between. the iron and the bottom of the centralportion of the member 10 so that said strand will be wavedlongitudinally. Simultaneously with the action the teeth or projections32 extend into the openings 31 and secure the portion of the strandengaged by the clamping member in such position that said portion willbe prevented from any longitudinal movement relative to the base andclamping members. However, in the final movement of the handles from theposition shown in Figure 2 to that illustrated in Fi ure 3, thelongitudinal movement of the iron 20 with respect to the base andclamping members previously described is utilized to wave that portionof the strand engaged between the base member and iron in a transversedirection so that when the strand is removed from the device it willhave the appearance shown in Figure 7. To facilitate the production ofthe transverse wave the member 20 is provided with a plurality of teeth34, the efiective surfaces of which are pitched inwardly and graduallyincrease in thickness toward the portion of the iron adjacent the bottomof the central portion of the base member 10.

What is claimed is:

1. In a hair waving device, a base member having a troughlike portion, aclamping member cooperating with said base member, a pair of handlesoperable to move said members into cooperating relation, and an ironalso actuated by said handles and movable longitudinally with respect tosaid members and within the confines of the troughlike portion of saidbase member when said members are operated.

2. Ina hair waving device, a base member having a troughlike portion, aclam ing member cooperating with said base, a pair of handles operableto move said members into cooperating relation, and an iron actuated toinitially move with one of said members when the same are 0 erated andsubsequently moved longitudmally of said member and within the confinesof the troughlike portion of said base member.

3. In a hair waving device, a base member, a clamping member cooperatintherewith, a yieldingly supported ivot a out which said members areinitial y movable, and a second pivot about which said members aresubsequently movable as the same are brought into cooperating relation.

4. In a hair waving device, a base member, a clamping member cooperatingtherewith, an iron associated with said members, a pivot carried by saidiron about which said members initially move as the same are beingbrought into cooperating relation, and a second pivot about which saldmembers subsequently move to adjust said iron longitudinally of saidmembers.

5. In a hair waving device, a base member, a clamping member cooperatingtherewith, an iron associated with said members, a pivot carried by saidiron about which said members initially move as the same are beingbrought into cooperating relation, a second pivot about which saidmembers subsequently move, and means for moving said iron longitudinallywith respect to said members during the subsequent movement thereof. 7

6. In a hair waving device, a base member, a clamping member cooperatingtherewith, an iron associated with said members, a yieldingly supportedpivot carried by said iron and about which said members initially moveas the same are being brought into 00- operating relation, and a secondpivot about which said members move before reaching their cooperatingpositions.

7. In a hair waving device, a pair of cooperating handles, a base membercarried by one of said handles, a clamping member associated with saidbase member, pivots about which said base and clamping members aremovable toward each other, one of said members having an initialmovement about one of said pivots when said handles are actuated, and asubsequent movement in the same direction about another pivot when saidhandles are further actuate 8. In a hair waving device, a pair of cooperating handles, a base member carried by one of said handles, aclamping member associated with said base member, pivots about whichsaid base and clamping members are movable toward each other, one ofsaid members having an initial movement aboutone of said pivots whensaid handles are actuated, and asubsequent movement in the samedirection about another pivot when said handles are further actuated, aniron cooperating with said base and clamping members and movable withone of them by the initial actuation of said handles, and movablerelative to'said members upon the further actuation of said handles.

9. In a hair waving device, a pair of cooperating handles, a base membercarried by one of said handles, a clamping member associated with saidbase member, pivots about which said base and clamping members aremovable toward each other, one of said members having an initialmovement about one of said pivots when said handles are actuated, and asubsequent movement in the same direction about another pivot when saidhandles are further actuated, and an iron cooperating with said base andclamping members and movable with one of them by the initial actuationof said handles, and movable longitudinally with respect to said membersduring the further actuation of said handles.

11. In a hair waving device, a base member having a central trough-likeportion for receiving a strand of hair and also having a plurality ofopenings contiguous to the edges of said portion, a clamping membercooperating with said base member and having projections engageable inthe openings therein to secure said strand in position be tween saidmembers, and an iron associated with said members and operable in onedirection to impart a longitudinal wave to said strand and in anotherdirection to impart a f" transverse wave to the portion of said strandin the trough-like portion of said base member. 11;

12. In a hair waving device, a base member having a trough-like portion,a clamping member cooperating with said base member to secure a strandof hairin said trough-like portion, and an iron movable into saidtrough-like portion and longitudinally with respect thereto, said ironhaving teeth each having a surface of varying thickness engageable withhairs of said strand when the iron is moved longitudinally, whereby saidstrand is waved transversely.

13. In a hair waving device, a base member, a clamping membercooperating therewith, an iron associated with said clamping member andhaving pivotal and longitudinal movements with respect to said basemember, and a spring against the tension of which said iron islongitudinally movable.

JOSEPH MORENILLA.

